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Mother’s Day weekend arrives with a packed lineup across Northern Virginia and Washington, including brunch and tea, live jazz, family dancing, major stage productions and new gallery exhibitions.
Mother’s Day celebrations
Ireland’s Four Provinces, 105 W. Broad St., will serve dinner specials throughout Mother’s Day weekend and a Sunday brunch buffet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 11. Reservations are available at 703-534-8999.
Cherry Hill Farmhouse, 312 Park Ave., will hold a Mother’s Day Tea from 2 to 4 p.m. May 11. The program begins with a discussion in the formal 19th-century parlor about Mrs. Blaisdell’s role at Cherry Hill Farm, followed by tea, sandwiches, sweets and warm scones in the dining room. Reservations are required at 703-248-5171, and admission is $48 per person.
Live music
Godfrey’s Bakery & Cafe, 421 W. Broad St., will host the Stefan Schatz Trio from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 9. The cafe plans to present jazz on the second and fourth Friday of every month.
The Vienna Jammers will join trumpeter and percussionist Etienne Charles for The Big Jam 2025 at Capital One Hall, 7750 Capital One Tower Road in Tysons, on May 10. Doors open at 6 p.m. The family-oriented concert will mix youth percussion, jazz and Caribbean rhythms.
Exceptional vocalists, instrumentalists, pianists and chamber musicians from George Mason University’s Dewberry School of Music will perform in the school’s 2025 Honors Recital. The free concert begins at 8 p.m. May 10 at the Center for the Arts, 4373 Mason Pond Drive.
Theater and comedy
Creative Cauldron’s regional premiere of “Woman on Fire” continues through May 11 at 127 E. Broad St. Marisela Treviño Orta’s ghost story follows Juanita, who moves to a small Arizona town for her husband’s new government job and encounters an otherworldly presence while trying to resume painting. Elena Velasco directs. Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays. Tickets range from $20 for students to $45, and the production is recommended for ages 13 and older.
Peruvian actress, presenter and comedian Johanna San Miguel appears May 9 at the State Theatre, 220 N. Washington St. Doors open at 7 p.m., with the show beginning at 8:30 p.m. General admission is $59, and VIP seating is $89. Guests must be at least 18 unless accompanied by a parent, and valid identification is required.
“Hedwig and the Angry Inch” runs through June 22 in Signature Theatre’s ARK Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave. in Arlington. Directed by Ethan Heard, the rock musical follows Hedwig’s journey from Communist East Germany to the United States and explores trauma, identity and survival. The production contains adult language and descriptions of trauma.
At Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Julia Izumi’s world premiere “Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (with live & active cultures!)” turns an imagined lecture by the celebrated filmmaker into an examination of memory, art, cultural imperialism and consumption. Aileen Wen McGroddy directs performances at 8 p.m. May 8 and 9 and 2 p.m. May 11 at 641 D St. NW.
The Keegan Theatre opens “Falsettos” on May 10 at 1742 Church St. NW, with performances continuing through June 15. Presented during World Pride, the Tony Award-winning musical by William Finn and James Lapine explores family, relationships, sexuality, baseball, bar mitzvahs and AIDS. Kurt Boehm directs and choreographs, with Elisa Rosman serving as music director.
Constellation Theatre Company’s “Head Over Heels” continues through June 1 at Source, 1835 14th St. NW. Set to songs by the Go-Go’s, the musical combines Renaissance romance, Greek comedy, fantasy and a celebration of queer identity. Allison Arkell Stockman directs.
“Sister Act” remains onstage at Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW, through May 17. Based on the 1992 movie, the Tony-nominated musical follows a nightclub singer who hides from the mob in a convent. Jeff Calhoun directs and choreographs the approximately two-and-a-half-hour production, which is recommended for ages 12 and older.
GALA Hispanic Theatre presents the world premiere of Emilio Infante’s “Choke: Sucede hasta en las mejores familias” through May 18 at 3333 14th St. NW. The Spanish-language production, presented with English subtitles, centers on a Latino family in Baltimore confronting a medical crisis, generational conflict and the effects of living near an oil refinery. Gustavo Ott directs. Performances begin at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
Exhibitions and artist programs
Artist Roshanak Banoo Hooshmand will attend a reception for “The Fire of Spring” from noon to 2 p.m. May 10 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Circle in Manassas. Born in Tehran in 1933, Hooshmand began painting at 82. Her colorful, self-taught work draws inspiration from Persian culture, nature and poets including Rumi and Hafiz.
“Faces & Figures,” a juried exhibition devoted to the human form, continues through June 1 at the Falls Church Arts gallery, 700-B W. Broad St. The show includes photography, drawings, sculpture and folk, naïve and primitive art. Admission is free. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Joshua Challen Ice’s “Something to Do With My Hands” remains in the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington’s Experimental Gallery through May 25. The installation resembles an abandoned construction site where someone had been building a chair, using plans, tools and architectural elements to examine care, labor and the divide between fine art and practical craftsmanship. The museum at 3550 Wilson Blvd. is open from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
McLean Project for the Arts presents “Spring Solos” through June 14 at 1234 Ingleside Ave. The exhibitions feature Heidi Fowler’s assemblages made with discarded materials, Jackie Hoysted’s interactive meditation on nature and interconnectedness, and Thai American artist Emon Surakitkoson’s work about culture, immigration and collective identity. An artist talk is scheduled for 11 a.m. May 10, followed by a Tea & Talk program at 11 a.m. June 4.
“MATRICULTURE,” the 2025 Mary B. Howard Invitational, continues through May 18 at the Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art, 12001 Market St., Suite 103, in Reston. Guest curator Liz Ensz brings together work by Devin Harclerode and Nadia Nazar exploring craft, reproductive labor, maternal relationships, nurturing and resistance.
Tephra’s exhibition “Marie B. Gauthiez: We Dwell in Between” runs through June 29 at 11805 Freedom Drive in Reston. Gauthiez uses the house as a metaphor for the subconscious through relief paintings, mixed-media drawings, wall fragments and an immersive plaster installation.
Pamela Huffman’s solo exhibition, “In the Absence of Nurture… Nature,” remains at Rare Bird Coffee Roasters in downtown Falls Church through June 15.
At the National Gallery of Art, senior lecturer David Gariff will discuss five decades of Elizabeth Catlett’s sculpture from 11 a.m. to noon May 11. The hybrid program will take place in the East Building Auditorium and online, with a recording provided to registrants.
Wellness, trivia and dance
A session on massage for chronic pain and injury recovery will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. in the upper-level conference room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library. Licensed massage therapist Sula Washington, who has more than 12 years of experience, will discuss chronic pain, the nervous system and massage therapy. The program is for adults and requires registration.
Clare & Don’s Beach Shack, 130 N. Washington St., hosts District Trivia from 7 to 9 p.m. every Thursday.
Adrenaline Dance Company presents “Let’s Go to the Movies” at 9:30 a.m. May 10 at Capital One Hall in Tysons. The Herndon-based studio trains students in dance and acrobatics while emphasizing technique, confidence, creativity and healthy competition.
Glen Echo Park’s free Second Sunday Barn Dance returns from 1 to 3 p.m. May 11 at the Bumper Car Pavilion, 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Live musicians and a caller will guide dancers of all ages and experience levels through circles, squares, contras, waltzes, longways sets and ceilidhs. The Folklore Society of Greater Washington presents the event.
CityDance Conservatory’s 2025 Annual Concert takes place May 9 and 10 at Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. Conservatory students will perform classical ballet, contemporary dance, modern works, jazz and other repertoire created by guest artists, faculty members and in-house choreographers.